Nations university institute for the advanced study of sustainability unuias. We want to show the japanese beautiful culture, satoyama. International partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi was established to implement the concept of the. The international satoyama initiative isi project works to promote the satoyama initiative, a global effort to realise societies in harmony with nature through the revitalization and sustainable management of socioecological production landscapes and seascapes. Practices for the sustainable use and management of natural resources. An environmental tipping point is a part of the humanenvironment system that can. The satoyama initiative was established at unesco headquarters in paris in 2009 as a global effort to realize societies in harmony with nature through the recognition and promotion of satoyama landscapes and similar landscapes around the world as a good model for conservation of. The satoyama initiative received a boost at the recent u. A vision for sustainable rural societies in harmony with. The international partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi was established on 19 october 2010, during the 10th conference of the parties to the convention on biological diversity cbd cop 10 held in nagoya, aichi, japan. Global workshop on the satoyama initiative 29 janvier 2010.
The satoyama initiative is a global initiative based on the concept of satoyama, a traditional. Clean asia initiative the vision of the satoyama initiative is to realise societies in harmony with nature, comprising human communities where the maintenance and development of socioeconomic activities including agriculture and forestry align with natural processes. In recent times, there has been an increasing awareness of the traditional japanese rural landscape, or satoyama. We offer many varieties of guided tours like cycling, walking, and hiking. Its goal is to support the efforts of african countries to double rice production on the continent to 28 million tons per annum within 10 years by 2018. The first written reference to satoyama dates back to 1759. Indicators research and development indicatorsofresilienceinsocioecological produconlandscapesandseascapes 20indicators. Global biodiversity strategy office ministry of the environment, japan. Card is a consultative group of bilateral donors and regional and international organizations working in collaboration with riceproducing african countries. To facilitate this method, data is utilized from available sources and key informants are selected using the purposive sampling technique. Satoyama experience is a local outdoor guided tour operator in hidatakayama region. The satoyama initiative recognize of the potential inherent in satoyama. Rice for africa is the coalition for african rice development card online presence. International satoyama initiative institute for the.
The impacts of satoyama initiative for promoting revitalization and sustainable management of sepls around the world akiko tabata. It provides updates on a range of topics including the status of ongoing country programmes, landscape performance indicators, project impacts and results, and noteworthy announcements. The fifth general meeting of the coalition for african rice development card took place in dakar, senegal on february 56, 20. The satoyama initiative is the embodiment of that proposal. Socioecological production landscapes and seascapes sprep. Perspective of satoyama initiative 2 sustainable resource use according to environmental capacity and natural resilience deterioration of water and soil by overuse exhaustion of water resources in rivers affection on agricultural land fragmentation of habitats risks of extinction of wild animals 3. The satoyama initiative is a global effort to promote conservation and revitalization of sepls around the. Satoyama is observed to provide a backyard for rice paddies, to accommodate biodiversity hotspots, to act as a model of sustainable ecosystem management, and it represents japans beautiful ancestral homeland. Practices for the sustainable use and management of. Besides, the implementation of so called action points that. The initiative strives to create a vision for resource management and land use that balances the twin needs of biodiversity conservation and sustainable utilization.
Keep on watching it and hopefully you will be enlightened, better yet, get out of scamerika to realize that this is a place for the deluded to be used by the exploiters or for the exploiters to use the deluded. Activities of satoyama collecting, analyzing and deriving lessons from case studies and. Satoyama is a japanese word meaning mountains in human residential areas from sato, meaning residential area, and yama, meaning. Despite the existence in cuba of a free and compulsory education system up to. The community development and knowledge management for the satoyama initiative programme comdeks was launched in 2011 as the flagship programme of the satoyama initiative, a global effort to promote sustainable use of natural resources in the landscapes worked in and relied upon by rural communities. Secretariat of the international partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi. The international partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi. Notos satoyama and satoumi library notos satoyama and. About ipsi international partnership for the satoyama. Gef satoyama project to achieve societies in harmony with nature, with sustainable primary production sector based on traditional and modern wisdom, and making significant contributions to global targets for conservation of biological diversity.
Click here to download a pdf version of the publication. This newsletter is produced by the community development and knowledge management for the satoyama initiative project, implemented by undp and funded by the japan biodiversity fund. Convention on biological diversity cbd talks in nagoya, japan where it was officially recognized as a potentially useful tool to. International partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi during the tenth. For many japanese, satoyama represents the ideal of coexistence between humans and nature.
Indicators of resilience in socioecological production landscapes. To download this newsletter in pdf, please click here. As part of the activities of the satoyama initiative, whose aim is to realize societies in harmony with nature, the ministry of the environment of japan has categorized and put together practices for sustainable management of natural resources and related cases that have the potential to contribute to the maintenance and. The earlier phase was a time when people maintained a close relationship with nature in their region, while the later phase is. The international partnership for the satoyama initiative focuses on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in productive landscapes katoh et al. The satoyama is idyllic, especially compared to whatever this nation has become. International satoyama initiative united nations university. Recent changes in our lifestyles, however, urge us to rethink our relationships with satoyama, satoumi, and the organisms within these environments. A total of 51 organisations entered into partnership as founding members of ipsi, and the cop took note of ipsi in its. Over 21 partner organizations, six nonsubsaharan african countries as southsouth cooperation partners, five private. Ipsi was established to implement the concept of the satoyama initiative and promote various activities by enhancing awareness.
International partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi. California free digital textbooks initiative posted on friday, june 12th, 2009 at 7. By takanori satoyama, general coordinator, card secretariat. Crises of biodiversity and ecosystem services in satoyama. The satoyama satoumi project of kanazawa university aims towards the conservation of living organisms and their environment, thereby promoting sustainable livelihoods for a better future. The satoyama initiative advancing socioecological production landscapes for the benefit of biodiversity and human wellbeing comdeks inception workshop, accra, 24 september 2011 fumiko nakao deputy director, secretariat of the international partnership for the satoyama initiative united nations university institute of advanced studies. It is commonly described as secondary woodlands and grasslands adjunct to small villages, and is the scene of rich biological diversity. A border zone or area between mountain foothills and arable flat land in japan.
While protecting pristine natural areas and other high conservation value areas continue to be. When they have been free from human disturbances, ecosystems have lost their diversity. The satoyama initiative is truly exciting, both for the prospect of reinvigorating and preserving priceless cultural and social roots and structures, providing the possibility for resiliency and sustainability for japan, but also for the example in gives the satoyama initiative concept to other countries and cultures who would greatly benefit from following suit. When we look at the satoyama landscape from the point of view of the relationship between people and nature, we can see two phases separated by the fossil fuel revolution transition from firewood and charcoal to fossil fuels that spread rapidly from the late 1950s. Recognition of the satoyama initiative and ipsi by cbd cop 10 20102017 continued research on sepls, development of ipsi activities, growth of membership. Satoyama satoyama initiative international initiative. Designation of notos satoyama and satoumi as giahs noto. The satoyama initiative is a global effort, first proposed jointly by the united nations university and the ministry of the environment of japan moej, to realize societies in harmony with nature and contribute to biodiversity conservation through the revitalization and sustainable management of socioecological production landscapes and seascapes sepls. Ca textbook download pdf link 1 download pdf link 2 ck12 probability and statistics advanced ca textbook download pdf link 1 download pdf link 2 ck12 calculus ca textbookdownload pdf link 1 download pdf link 2 ck. The international partnership for the satoyama initiative ipsi charter, operational.
The name satoyama comes from a japanese term for landscapes that include both human production activities, such as agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, and natural habitats, where human influence is an essential aspect of the local ecosystem. Conservation for satoyama, the traditional landscape of japan. However, landuse changes, underuse of satoyama, and non. Rebuilding the relationship between people and nature.
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